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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:25 PM Original message |
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’ |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. "When you foreigners hear the word ‘conservative,’ |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. He was ultimately right about there being no difference between the parties. |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Let's not forget: Vidal is a self-congratulating, spotlight-seeking whore. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. did he touch a nerve? |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. No, not really. I know the man's background. He's a self-important buffoon. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. sure... whatever you say |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Clearly |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Convince me you held that opinion between 2001 and 2008, please nt |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Convince me that you're not posting from prison. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Actually, I AM posting from prison |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Nah, that doesn't convince me. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. You probably don't get his wit either |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You probably enjoy his wit, too. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. You're not worthy to wipe his withered old ass. n/t |
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Beer on a stick (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Take your fantasies to a different forum, thanks. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's amazing how sharp his mind still remains... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Agree . . . and his observation is obviously correct . . . but then think back |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. yeah and he likes Timothy Mc Veigh |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Whaaaa? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. lol... care to back that up? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No doubt Vidal's likewise a Holocaust denier, birther, and 9/11 truther (he IS on that one!) |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Well, he spoke of the president in an insufficiently reverent manner, |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. August 17, 2001: Vidal Praises Oklahoma Bomber for Heroic Aims |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. McVeigh was a rightwing nut, but Gore doubted he did the bombing . . . |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. And therein is one of the crucial, essential ingredients that pits moderates against him |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That's not "praise". |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I like Vidal, but I strongly disagree on this one.... |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. He wrote an article for Vanity Fair. It was an interesting take - still is, actually. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Like many others, Gore doubts that McVeigh did the bombing . . . |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Quote |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. they are fascists |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow. He's tiresome. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nice piece. It is odd how readily we scorn those that tell the self-evident truth. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. uh, maybe because it's not self-evident. the future never is. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. And yet, he's been proved correct with a consistency nearly equal |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. (Murdoch's Times): Where am I? Home * Life & Style >Women>The Way We Live |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. He's 100% accurate in claiming the "war on(OF) terror" is "made up." |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. War on Terror® |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. We will if Obama loses in 2012 |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. ... |
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